2016 Election
Cornell Dems, Repubs Debate Policy Positions
|
“This year’s election has been unprecedented in so many ways,” Corn said. “The damage done to the Republican party may be irreversible, at least in the near future.”
2016 Election
Poll: Students Choose Clinton in Droves
|
A much higher percentage of students surveyed — nearly 70 percent — plan to vote in the general election, or have already done so via absentee ballot, than the 40 percent that said they voted in the primary.
2016 Election
Congressional Race Adopts National Nastiness
|
Plumb, along with prominent Ithaca and Cornell Democrats, has laced his rhetoric with no-holds-barred attacks on Reed, calling him “literally one of the worst people in the United States Congress” at a Democratic Unity Rally at Cornell Thursday.
2016 Election
Has Trump Killed the Republican Party?
|
Several Cornell professors and students tell different stories of the roots and implications of Trump’s rise through GOP ranks. Their analysis diverges on whether the candidate has corrupted the Republican party or merely carried conservatives’ policy and rhetoric to their logical conclusions.
2016 Election
‘Disenchanted’ Students Seek Alternative to Clinton and Trump
|
In some ways, the Cornell Republicans have been examples of this movement: the group broke party lines to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson over the Republican nominee on Sep. 4. Almost immediately after this decision, the New York Federation of College Republicans revoked the chapter’s credentials, chastising the organization for supporting another party’s candidate.
Football
Tackling Trump: Jackson Weber ’17 on Life Outside of Football
|
When senior captain and linebacker Jackson Weber stepped on Cornell’s campus freshman year, he had two goals: become a leader of the football team and take advantage of Cornell’s renowned government department. When he is not busy leading the Red to more wins this year than the past two season combined, Weber can be found in bowels of Uris or Olin, writing his senior thesis on the American election process.
2016 Election
Thanks Obama: Cornellians Praise the President’s Policy and Poise
|
“I think Americans are becoming almost nostalgic for the Obama presidency, even before it’s over,” said Kevin Kowalewski ’17, president of the Cornell Democrats.
2016 Election
Professor: Republican Presence Dwindling On Cornell’s Campus
|
His data shows that the Republican party’s presence on campus has been steadily decreasing — in the last 20 years, the total number of votes for Republican candidates equaled the number of votes President Barack Obama received in 2012.
2016 Election
FACE OFF: Science and Innovation in the Oval Office
|
The next president will play a pivotal in shaping United States’ climate policies, making decisions fundamental to both the future of our nation and life on this planet.
2016 Election
Professor Calls 2016 Election Time of ‘Reckoning’ for Religious Right
|
Kruse ended with a discussion of the growing division among Evangelical Protestants over the election. After a recording of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women surfaced this past month, many prominent Evangelical leaders who stood with Trump have rescinded their support.